The placenta has been designed to deliver choline to babies in large amounts, and breast-feeding does the same thing—drawing choline out of the mother and delivering it to the baby in high concentrations. Animal tests have been done to see what happens to the offspring of mothers fed either high-choline or low-choline diets. It was found that there is a critical period when a little extra choline in the diet results in a 30 percent improvement in memory that lasts for the offspring’s entire life.
The placenta has been designed to deliver choline to babies in
large amounts, and breast-feeding does the same thing—drawing
choline out of the mother and delivering it to the baby in high
concentrations. Animal tests have been done to see...
More
Dole Nutrition Institute answered:The placenta has been designed to deliver choline to babies in large amounts, and breast-feeding does the same thing—drawing choline out of the mother and delivering it to the baby in high concentrations. Animal tests have been done to see what happens to the offspring of mothers fed either high-choline or low-choline diets. It was found that there is a critical period when a little extra choline in the diet results in a 30 percent improvement in memory that lasts for the offspring’s entire life.The placenta has been designed to deliver choline to babies in large amounts, and breast-feeding does the same thing—drawing choline out of the mother and delivering it to the baby in high concentrations. Animal tests have been done to see... More
